Handle Collection (page 11)

Fumigating a Room
This young woman covers her mouth to protect herself from breathing in harmful bacteria as she seals a doorway and keyhole of a room in her house for fumigation from disease. Date: early 1930s

Tin of Sardines
A useful sardine server and opener, the handle pulls apart and can be used for opening the tin. Available from Staines, Victoria Street, London, 1s/3d. Date: 1930s

Skirt & Cape Suit 1930S
Navy blue suit, in a heavily textured wool, composed of a long line skirt & short cape worn over a beige angora jumper. N.B clutch handbag, leather gauntlets & felt hat. Date: 1930s

Dinner Services, Best English Stoneware, Plate 3, showing patterned plates and covered serving dishes. Date: circa 1880s

Dinner Services, Best English Stoneware, Plate 2, showing blue and white patterned plates, serving dishes and a tureen. Date: circa 1880s

China Dinner Services, Plate 11
Various china dinner services, Plate 11, showing patterned plates, tureens, covered serving dishes and bowls. Date: circa 1880s

Open Footplate by Day
Bearded driver and young stoker on the open footplate : the caption reads Safety is of the Lord but our driver prudently keeps his hand on the brake-handle. Date: 1860s

Stripey Sleeves 1899
Wrap-over bodice, deep scallop shaped collar, horizontal striped sleeves & bunches of grapes embroidered on the bodice. Hair is dressed in the fashionable door knocker style Date: 1899

Moderne electric fires 1939
The pride of the Swan range is the MODERNE whose striking sculptural qualities live up to its name : a handle enables easy carrying, and each bar can be switched independently. Date: 1939

Mrs A. B Marshalls ice breaker 1890s
Ice breaker with handheld lever, from Mrs A. B Marshall s, useful for hotels, confectioners, refreshments and cabins, butlers and pantries. Date: 1890s

Advert for Marshalls patent freezer 1899
Mrs. A. B Marshalls patent freezer, showing a fan inside which remains still while the pan revolves and scrapes up the film of ice as it forms on the bottom of the pan. Date: 1899

Mrs A. B Marshalls patent ice breaker 1890s
Ice breaker with handheld lever, from Mrs A. B Marshall s, specially adapted to the wants of hotels, restaurants, confectioners and creameries. Date: 1890s

Culinary moulds in pewter 1887
Page selection of culinary moulds in pewter. 1887

Advert for H. W Garrard & Son domestic equipment 1889
Domestic machinery including a rotary knife - cleaning machine and a mincer machine. 1889

Two tabby kittens playing with a camera
Two tabby kittens playing with a Rolleiflex camera. Date: 1950s

Houses and pump, Kersey, Suffolk. Date: 1956

Christmas and New Year card (front cover) -- Private Enquiry Office, Stage Door. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Boy and girl in historical costume on a Best Wishes card
Boy and girl in historical costume carrying a large basket of pink roses on a Best Wishes card. Date: circa 1890s

Basket of flowers on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

A saw on a Christmas card -- the basis of a fairly excruciating pun. Date: circa 1890s

Basket of flowers on a Christmas card
Basket of pink and purple flowers on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Dog carrying basket of flowers on a Christmas card
Large dog carrying a basket of flowers in his mouth on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Jug full of money on a Good Luck Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Two kittens in improvised boat on a Christmas card
Two kittens in an improvised boat, with a wooden spoon as an oar, on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Two kittens with salt tub on a Christmas card
Two kittens with salt tub and mistletoe on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Two kittens in a basket on a greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

Victorian Scrap, basket of flowers. circa 1880s

Foyer Door Handles with Doverite grips in a variety of colours - particularly suitable for cinemas and theatres ! Date: circa 1920s

Barman and waiter working in a bar. A sign invites customers to Join Our Christmas Club. Date: circa 1930s

Reggiane Re2000 Falco Srs 3 -This Italian fighter was also expoted to Hungary and Sweden In Italian service it proved underpowered and tricky to handle in the air

Flintlock pistol with engraved stock and handle from the 17th century.. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Altenecks Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century, Frankfurt

Copenhagen vase with pastoral scenes and rams heads.. Chromolithograph by Gillot of an illustration by Edouard Garnier from The Soft Paste Porcelain of Sevres, Maison Quantin, Paris, 1891

Gold stick handle with figure of a bird. Majagual (Sucre). Made by lost-wax casting process. Sinu art. Jewelry. COLOMBIA. CUNDINAMARCA. Bogotᮠ Gold Museum

Food container destined for tribal chief. Mossi art (Burkina Fasso). African art. Ceramics. Private Collection. Proc: BURKINA FASO

Stick handle with figure of a stag 7th BC. Bronze. Proceeds from Kuban, Russia. Scythian Art. Jewelry. RUSSIA. SAINT PETERSBURG. Saint Petersburg. State Hermitage Museum. Proc: TURKEY. BLACK SEA COAST

Flower arrangement with pink roses in a silver vase

Trade card, Keystone Wringer, Best in the World, manufactured by F F Adams & Co, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA

Suffragettes Punch Policeman. A policeman is subjected to a fierce attack by suffragettes throwing punches and gripping him with an umbrella handle

Merryweather fire engine indicator scale for regulating the angle and extension of the ladder

LFB dual purpose appliance (back view) with crew
London Fire Brigade dual purpose appliance (back view), with crew

LFB dual purpose appliance (back view)
London Fire Brigade dual purpose appliance (back view)

LFB towing unit (rear view)
London Fire Brigade towing unit (rear view)

LCC-LFB learner drivers on a London street
A picture taken outside the headquarters of the London Fire Brigade in Southwark Bridge Road, SE1, on 14 September 1935, showing a motorised Dennis fire engine with an L-plate on the front

LCC-LFB trainees looking at an engine
A group of trainee firefighters and an instructor, looking at the engine of a motorised fire vehicle with an L plate on the front before setting out on the road. Date: circa 1920s

Fire prevention officer checking skylight release
A fire prevention officer checking the quick release mechanism for opening a stage skylight

Model of an old manual fire engine
Model of an old manual Shand Mason fire engine, presented by F Burkitt in February 1937

Manual pump in Orange Street, London W1, WW2
A two-man manual pump in Orange Street, London W1, 21 September 1942. Date: 1942

Alexandra Day Collecting Box with photo of the Queen, and the tin still has its original cloth handle. This item includes a postcard dated 1917 showing flag day collectors accompanied by a couple of

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